Nairobi panchang, 18 March 2024
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:43 Moonrise 13:50 Phalguna month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:43- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:08 – 09:39
- Yamaganda 11:10 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 13:04 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam 14:11 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta 15:29 – 16:18
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:06 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:40 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:43 to 06:37 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:43 – 21:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:19 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 20:19
- Nakshatra Ardra until 15:40 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 14:06
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:06 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:40 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 20:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:19 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:04 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:11 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:29 – 16:18
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:02 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:43 – 21:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:40 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:38 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:08 – 09:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:39 – 11:10 | Good |
| Rog | 11:10 – 12:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:40 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Char | 14:11 – 15:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:41 – 17:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:12 – 18:43 | Good |
| Char | 18:43 – 20:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:12 – 21:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:41 – 23:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:11 – 00:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:40 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:09 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:39 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:08 – 06:37 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:26 Aquarius
- 06:26 – 08:18 Pisces
- 08:18 – 10:16 Aries
- 10:16 – 12:23 Taurus
- 12:23 – 14:33 Gemini
- 14:33 – 16:33 Cancer
- 16:33 – 18:24 Leo
- 18:24 – 20:14 Virgo
- 20:14 – 22:10 Libra
- 22:10 – 00:17 next day Scorpio
- 00:17 – 02:27 next day Sagittarius
- 02:27 – 04:29 next day Capricorn
- 04:29 – 06:22 next day Aquarius
- 06:22 – 06:37 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Nairobi (UTC+3) · Method